Effects Of Displacement On Academic Motivation, Self Efficacy, And Prevalence Of PTSD In Undergraduate Students Of Selected Public Sector Universities In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Abstract

The current research study investigated the long term effects of the internal displacement that occured in swat and malakand districts in the year 2009. It was hypothesised that displaced students will score low on the academic motivation scale, general self Efficacy scale and will report symptoms of PTSD as compared to undisplaced students.

The sample consisted of N=400 under graduate students of three selected public sector universities of Khyber pakhtunkhwa. There were n=100 displaced students from university of swat, n=100 displaced students from university of malakand and n= 200 undisplaced students from university of Peshawar. For assessment three scales were used e.g. Academic motivation scale, General Self Efficacy Scale and impact of Event- scale- revised.

Statistical analysis reveals decreased academic motivation of the students of university of swat and university of malakand. However, displaced male students showed high academic motivation as compared to displaced female students. Results also confirmed the prevalence of PTSD among displaced students. These findings suggest that self Efficacy is positively correlated with academic motivation while PTSD is negatively correlated with academic motivation.